Regulators shelved a controversial plan that aimed to cleanse banks' balance sheets of toxic assets.
Don Henley, a founding member of "The Eagles," is suing a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, claiming the candidate is misusing two of his popular songs.
In the wake of a highly publicized chimpanzee attack, the U.S. House made its first official move to ban humans from owning primates as pets.
The largest newspaper in Illinois on Tuesday called for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, a day after Burris detailed several conversations with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother he had failed to mention under oath.
In a new report, the GAO blows the whistle on Food and Drug Administration's inability to protect us from our produce
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country.
The Environmental Protection Agency advised employees last month not to answer questions from journalists, the Government Accountability Office or the agency's inspector general, according to an EPA e-mail made public Monday.
Joel Stein checks out L.A.'s hot liberal fund-raising scene -- and falls for The Fall Guy's girl
The Senate voted Thursday to seek a federal investigation into a 2005 earmark on a highway funding bill that was altered after Congress approved the measure but before President Bush signed it.
Under the guidance of Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Climate Security Act, capping U.S. emissions, has passed the Senate. But the House -- and President Bush -- will be much tougher
Regulators shelved a controversial plan that aimed to cleanse banks' balance sheets of toxic assets.
Don Henley, a founding member of "The Eagles," is suing a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, claiming the candidate is misusing two of his popular songs.
In the wake of a highly publicized chimpanzee attack, the U.S. House made its first official move to ban humans from owning primates as pets.
The largest newspaper in Illinois on Tuesday called for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, a day after Burris detailed several conversations with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother he had failed to mention under oath.
In a new report, the GAO blows the whistle on Food and Drug Administration's inability to protect us from our produce
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country.
The Environmental Protection Agency advised employees last month not to answer questions from journalists, the Government Accountability Office or the agency's inspector general, according to an EPA e-mail made public Monday.
Joel Stein checks out L.A.'s hot liberal fund-raising scene -- and falls for The Fall Guy's girl
The Senate voted Thursday to seek a federal investigation into a 2005 earmark on a highway funding bill that was altered after Congress approved the measure but before President Bush signed it.
Under the guidance of Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Climate Security Act, capping U.S. emissions, has passed the Senate. But the House -- and President Bush -- will be much tougher
"Human error factors" probably were involved in a ship crash and oil spill that killed nearly 400 birds in San Francisco Bay and prompted a federal criminal probe, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.
Federal investigators have launched a criminal probe into a cargo ship collision and oil spill, the Coast Guard said, which killed hundreds of birds in San Francisco Bay.
What turned out to be a life-changing week began, interestingly enough, with a lesson about misplaced priorities.
Bush has made Petraeus the arbiter of Iraq policy when it should be set by the President
Fearing a legislative push from Democrats to "fix" conservative-dominated radio shows, Republicans are starting to fight back
After another bad weekend, concerns mount over airport delays this summer. Will a Passenger Bill of Rights help?
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While the Senate moves forward to pass an airline passengers' bill of rights, consumer groups remain wary that its language may not be tough enough to help stranded fliers.
Perhaps the strongest worded opposition to President Bush's plan to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq came from a fellow Republican on Thursday.
Congressional Democrats are sharpening their attacks on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, with one senator proposing a resolution that would call on President Bush to sack the outspoken Pentagon chief.
CEOs from the nation's biggest oil companies sparred with lawmakers Wednesday at a Senate hearing into this year's jump in oil prices and record industry profits.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday defended U.S. policy in Iraq amid criticism from lawmakers demanding a plan to bring troops home.
Four senators -- two Democrats and two Republicans -- sent a letter Thursday to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor asking that she reconsider her decision to retire.
At 5 ft. tall, California Senator Barbara Boxer can reach most lectern mikes only after her staff sets up a 3-in. stand dubbed the Boxer box.
If Senate minority leader Harry Reid is spooked by Republican threats to curb the mighty filibuster in order to get President Bush's judges appointed to the bench, he isn't showing it.
WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH TALKED ABOUT tax reform last year, many Americans were hoping he'd tackle the new scourge of the middle class: the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The tax, whose origins date to ...
Jack Johnson projects a rugged masculinity, yet his sunscreened folk, reggae and blues doesn't kick sand in anyone's face.
House and Senate Democrats rallied Thursday against President Bush's plan to revamp Social Security, to show they would not let it pass without a fight.
President Bush on Thursday kicked off a five-state tour in North Dakota to push his plan to overhaul Social Security, an issue highlighted in his State of the Union address.
Condoleezza Rice won Senate confirmation as secretary of state on Wednesday, after hours of sometimes-bitter debate Tuesday that focused largely on the war in Iraq.
Democratic senators used Tuesday's debate on Condoleezza Rice's nomination for secretary of state to blast the Bush administration over the war in Iraq, saying Rice dodged questions about her role in the war during last week's confirmation hearing.
If some Democrats have their way, Condoleezza Rice will not be confirmed as secretary of state as expected when the Senate meets on Thursday.
Condoleezza Rice defended the war in Iraq during her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, sparring with one Democrat who suggested her loyalty to President Bush and support for the conflict "overwhelmed your respect for the truth."
Alleging widespread "irregularities" on Election Day, a group of Democrats in Congress objected Thursday to the counting of Ohio's 20 electoral votes, delaying the official certification of the 2004 presidential election results.
President Bush officially won a second term in the White House after electoral votes from all 50 states were counted Thursday during a joint session of Congress.
U.S. airlines continue to check passengers against incomplete, truncated lists of suspected terrorists, almost three years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the heads of the 9/11 commission testified Monday.
If you've ever wondered how software got on your computer, and spent even more time wondering how to get it off, chances are you've encountered spyware.
March roars to life this week, much like a .... well, a lion.
Democrats are eager to fight this election on the economy, education, the deficit -- but today they're stuck fighting each other over one of the most potent wedge issues around -- guns.
Should we throw lawbreaking CEOs in jail? Of course we should. Could the SEC use more money to beef up enforcement? Well, duh. Do we need to figure out better ways to regulate and motivate the acco...
Two developments on the 401(k) front had me pretty shaken up recently. First came news that thousands of workers at Enron--the now bankrupt Houston energy company--lost much of their 401(k) savings...
Marie Thibaut spent 15 years as an administrative assistant at Enron in Houston. During that time, she dutifully put 15% of her salary into a 401(k) plan, investing the entire amount in the company...
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So it looks as if we're going to have Bill Clinton to kick around for a while. But the longer he stays at the White House, the fewer Democrats who are likely to remain in Congress. The President's ...
Amazing country, America. Where else in the world are so many folks fighting tooth and nail and smiting hip and thigh to preserve and expand the rights of an estimated 3.5 million other folks who l...
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